Process of condensing or evaporating liquids.



B. B. GOR-LISS. PROCESS OF GONDENSING 0R BVAPORATING LIQUIDS APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1906.

Patented Mar 2 BHEETS-SHEET 1.

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APPLIOATION FILED JULY 24, 1906.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911 2 SHBETS-SHEET 2.

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v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BURT 12. (tonnes, F OMAHA, NEBRASKA. rnoonss 0F oommnsme 0R EVAPDRATING LIQUIDS.

986,365. specificaiivn of t Patented Mar. 7, 1911. Application filed July 24, 1906. Serial No. 327,588. I

ITo-cll whom' 't may cozweri z: I I said bottom being provided witii small per- Be it known that I, :BURT-B; Conmss', forations 3; i citizen of the UnitedStete5,';residing at; i G, is an outlet ipe-i'orthenir and mois- (Jinaha, in the countyvof Douglas and State ture toze'scupe' an is secured to iho bottom 60 '5 of Nebraska, have invented certainInew. and of tl1e- 1 -eoeptnc le"l3,' registering with the useful Improvements in Processes of 0011- hole .oi opcning -;I-l1is' pipe,}i(}, is some.

densing; or Eva-p'oratingLiqnids, of which times proieided with ufa.nl l ,'-nt one end as the follo'wing is a specification. -shuwminFiggl,Tso that-Ithefp'agssageof.the

My inventionrehites to a process --for air maybe. increased Ib' I-mehhs ofilsuction; 65 evaporation of water from milk, (either I), isngcover loathe-rec le'iL-io keep 1 whole or skimmed) thereby condensing the 'zllllmrticlcs fIOlXl' the same, and has for its object to-render the. m beitreatlod; process, more expeditions and considerably E, is a hat orth'e-like cheaper than the processnow in use, inner vat or rec-e t I My invention consists, substantially, in liquid whenjfelhng,

makinglittlest'reeins of'tlie milk in yidedwith i wate rgs tion to fell from d receptuele, into alva't or and the walls; of 1th i'he like directly-below,-which little stream ing thefliqhid' at I of milk pusses'thi'oiigh'ch ck-currents of desired? I air nnd-which'little stremns do not, except 5, ]S n pipe connco in a slight degree, interrupt the free pz1swith the "iIt EA: sage ofthe air-cliniccurrents, around, and .H, is n feedJiiipe-leadw e ch -realli thereby allowing a the pump J, which p nmx'innnn mnount'of exposure to then-i1 2,5 of thc falling liquid, thus throwing oil the moisture whirhit is-desii'ed to d' isjiose of. II I I The air or currents o f-jair enter the little lows :-The milk to beireated jorecond streams near the botto'inof the condensin is first placed :into the lower vat-ti apparatus, and as the body of felling liqui vat-ed toflie upper receptacle B, from has an air passagethrough-the entire-length it'falls into the" vat below in'fine Str 131 i h all naturally-to escape'iihrough As there are no' little streams i11te1' riipt-ing I- the outlet opening,lms topass 1n and bethe center of the igiodyiof milk, it willf'b'eob+,

' twocn each little stremnihns attracting- 01' served, it provides an" opening or-ni-n pas; drawing theinoistnre fron the liquid being Isuge Z, through .iheoutlet pipe C, thuscnns -l9fi treated and cerl 'ying sam'e'a'way; I I ing air-o1: currents of sir from the re-d i zitors' 1 lhe -meiins un'd apparntus "fo1' practicing or inletsto pass aroundea-ndbetween each; this new process ofcdndnS'ihQ-nmy be of little streaminorder ,to escape through the' ffvarious kinds;- Iv I outlet 0', which is the onlyonilet'for the nix;

. .Thcform'of appnr'iitnsby means ofwhich to escape. It w ll bepbserved the milk,

" 40 the process may be carried out, issliow'n in which it is desired to condense or evaporate the accompanying clreii'ings'in which is allowed to fall in -little'strcams endin so Figure 1-, is a vertical; sectionjof u'n eppm felling, passes through ail or; our! The operation of 'my'jinventioi 1s rntlis with the upper 'erforated' recebtecle 'air as shown by urrows-whichnir and the lower vat purt yin -section; Fig. 2, seeks the center of the body of fell is :L plan View of then per receptacle-clearly the-watery pm of the milk bein .1 showing the fine per' o'i ntions and the cirmixing with ale, is carried off y euhur o zening 'in'the center of the some. liquid canbe droppedlfrom heighpenough t Fig. .3, is a, View similar to Fig. 1, illustretcause it to be. condensed, or wmiery 'pnrt evaporated sufficiently by ihe. timeitflren-hes Q5 ing a modification.

A, is a suitable. casing'or' housing having the val: at the bottom or it can ,b droppedtepering' sides but whichis larger at its a, shorter distance and elevated bymeans I bottom than at its -top.' of epump or thelikeand process of-drop -B, is 'a, receptacle placed upon the open ping being repeated until proper consist II top 1, of the cusing'A,-which has its bottom encv is' obtained. I j 119;;

provided at the center thereof with a fair The milk which I desire to be eyupornted sized circular opening 2, and the balance of or condensed, it will be observed, ,fallsI i n *vided'inside of the casing A, as clearly little streams and. passing through the air or currents of air as above described, con-- -1nixed with, or exposed to the air and said. watery parts then carried off by the air cur rents.

A modification of my apparatus is shown in Fig. 3,. and it will be readily seen that the same; results appear' by passing a pipe (3, through the vat and allowing air to pass throughfth'e" same which will, in order to escape, have to completely surround each little stream and in performing this duty, it finds. itgescape through the openings 7, proshown in Fig. The body of falling mill: is exactly the same as that shown in Fig. 1, provided with the central circular passage but instead of. the bottom of the perlo ratetLreceptacle B, being provided with the central circular opening 2, it is not in this case, thus, causing the air to pass from the center of the fallin body of liquid to the outer side thereof W iereby it finds its escape.

It is to be understood that my invention'is not for obtaining the solid constituents con tained in milk, in the form of dry powder,

and should not be mistaken as such, as my' process will not aceoi'nplisl'i this result. My object is to condense milk only.

W hat ll claim An apparatus for condensing milk comprising a housing, a milk receptacle having its bottom provided with a n'iulti'plicity of small openings supported at the top of said housing, a pipe secured to the bottom ofsaid ll-bCUptilClQ to provide an air passage for said,

housing, a vat located within said housing directly beneath said milk receptacle, rudiators located within said housing adjacent said vat, pipes connecting said radiators with said vat, a pipe law-ling from the botl3 lilt'l 13. (it lit! HS.

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